Easter Buddies

Not to be confused with Easter bunnies.

Matt and Jessica invited us to their church on Sunday, The Church at Rock Creek, and we stopped for a quick lil photo. We're collecting all of the memories we can with these good friends. Why, you ask? Well most of you have heard the "big news", but in case you live under a rock, we are moving to Fort Smith. Dustin got a job offer there through his company, and it is just too good of an opportunity to pass up. While we are definitely looking forward to living closer to family and the great things living in Fort Smith brings, we will miss this area so much!

Did I mention Matt and Jessica just bought the house right behind us? Yeah...bummer. We will only get to officially be their neighbors for one month. Double bummer.

But we plan on coming for many weekend stays and coming back to the Rock every chance we get...along with rendezvouses at the lake!

Love ya, friends.

Wordless Wednesday

{photo obviously taken pre-postapocolyptic torrential severe weather}

Addi's 4th Birthday

Mary Addilyn turned 4 years old on April 10th. This was her first party with her school friends. It was cute watching her play with all of her buddies, and it was especially cute watching her crush on her new boyfffrrrriiieeennndd!

I'll let the pictures do the talkin'....

A birthday party must...the princess bounce around.

opening gifts...

Maddox....cute as he can be!

Addi sitting next to her two boyfriends. There's a serious love triangle going on here that I can foresee lasting into the future. Boyfriend #1 on the right, was trying to talk her out of sitting next to boyfriend #2 on the left. At one point, Addi wanted mustard on her hotdog like boyfriend #2. Aunt Carly quickly told her that Weatherford girls change for no man. We might as well learn that lesson right now.

crush at first sight.

the goodies.

...and THAT was Addi's 4th birthday bash.

Miles for Mutts Weekend (My first 5K!)

Dustin and I headed to Fort Smith last weekend for my first 5K race, which was Saturday morning. I headed down early to catch Addi's t-ball practice. That was entertaining to say the least...

Look at her. She's a natural.

Duke came, of course. He was a hit with the kiddos. And of course several adults made comments like, "That's not a dog....that's a horse," or "You could ride that thing," or my favorite, "Does that thing come with a saddle?" I get it. He's big. Hearing these things gets a little redundant though. Hang around long enough and all the other dogs just look like midgets.

Addi loves her Dukers....and Dukers loves his Addikins.

So Saturday morning Mom, Tiff, and I headed downtown for the Miles for Mutts 5K. Dustin brought Addi down a bit later to hug on some puppies....errr.....Pit Bulls....and watch us girls run.

Here's Mom finishing strong. She says she isn't finishing strong...she's just finishing, but truth is, we all went in with the goal of simply finishing, but we all did finish strong. Tiff ran this 5K, her first, last year. Her goal was to just beat her time. She finished in 29:something and was only 4 seconds away from earning a medal in her age group! I finished in 33:54 and Mom finished in 34:55. We were all very happy with our times!

After the race...just pumped we're still standing!

No, really. I know it's not a huge accomplishment to run 3.2 miles for a lot of people, but I am NOT a runner...never have been. Running a mile used to seem impossible. Now I run 3 miles at least 3 days a week. It isn't always easy, but it feels awesome to reach this accomplishment. Thanks to Tiff for challenging me and getting me in shape!

After the race, we headed over to the lake to spend the day at Mom and Johnny's. They smoked a pork butt and invited some of the neighbor friends over for dinner. It was good times! Here is me and Dukers enjoying the beautiful day.

So I think I'm addicted to 5Ks now...not a bad addiction I guess. I'm running in another April 30th that our school district is putting on, and see several more this summer I want to sign up for, but think I'll probably opt for making the most of my weekends at the lake. I think to keep myself motivated, I'm going to have to keep signing up for more! I've gotta be held accountable or I'll start slipping.

Well...that's all I've got.

I may have some big news to announce soon, but want to wait a bit before announcing it....if it even does happen. I'm such a tease...I know....

No, I'm not preggers.

Our Last Night

On our last night in Destin, we decided to hit up another recommended restaurant, The Back Porch Seafood and Oyster House. Matt and Jessica liked this restaurant even better than Louisana Laginappe, and we figured out that both restaurants are owned by the same people, so they're good at what they do!

It was sad to know it was our last night. The time absolutely FLEW by. It was unreal to me that we had been there for 7 full days. Why does that happen when you're on vacation? Nonetheless, I know Jessica and I were very thankful that our two hubbies put this vacation together for the four of us. The secret planning was all worth it, and I know we made memories that will last a lifetime! That's what vacation is all about. Steeles, it was a great trip with ya, friends! Until next time (when we'll probably have babies on board)!

Beach Days

So this is pretty much what we did while we were in Destin. We hit the beach, then hit the pool. I didn't get any pictures of us in the pool except for t

his one of the guys grilling out before we swam, but we were able to get in and stay in since we had a heated pool. In fact, it was too hot most days because we were trying to keep it hot enough at night so we wouldn't get cold while it was in the 60s at night.

I miss it already.

Louisana Laginappe

My favorite restaurant we went to was Louisiana Laginappe. It sat on a bay and made for a beautiful sunset dinner on the patio. I had crab cakes stuffed with jumbo gulf shrimp and a twice baked potato, and it was SO SUPER YUM! One of the best meals I've ever had hands down. Yessica and I decided to wear our hoochie mama dresses on this night so watch out!

If you're going to Destin...try out the Laginappe. Good stuff!